Flying target



(No Model.) 2 Sheets-Sheet 1.

L. FEY.

FLYING TARGET. N04. 286,800. Pater lt ed 00th 16,-1883.

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(N0 Model.) 2 Sheets-Sheet 2.

' L. FEY.

' FLYING TARGET. No. 286,800." Patented Oc'tl 1651883.

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UNITE STATES PATENT OFFICE.

LoUIs'rnY, or CINCINNATI, OHIO.

FLYING TARGET.

SPECIFICATION forming part of LettersIPatent No. 286,800, dated October16, 1883.

Application filed February 13, 1883. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LOUIS FEY, of Cincinnati, Hamilton county, Ohio,have invented anew and useful Improvement in Flying Targets, of whichthe following is aspecification.

My invention relates to improvements in those missiles which, beingprojected from a suitable trap or sender, are used as marks bysportsmen; and my improvement consists in a loosely-attached annularsabot, or ring, or frame of thin metal, as hereinafter set forth, whichring enables the projection of the shell into space by means of a trapor sender, and, if not hit by the shot, permits such shell to strike theground without explosion or frac- My said ring or sabot also serves toenable the trap to impart to the shell a rapid rotation about its axisin the act of flight.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of myframe, ring, or sabot. Fig. 2 is a partly-sectioned side view of myshell; Fig. 3 shows a modification of my sabot. I

The configuration of my shell or target proper simulates that of a Derbyhat that is to say, a bowl-like figure, which, from an encircling brimor flange, A, tapers upward, as at B, to a convex crown, O. This bowl orhat shaped body is composed of two similar members of paper,papier-mach, or other fragile material,of which the outer one, havingbeen coated internally with a suitable fulminate, D, has the inner onesnugly i1n-' pacted within it, as shown in Fig. 2.

My ring or sabot shown is composed, pref While my sabot is preferablyprovided with a tongue, G, as represented in Fig; 1, nevertheless sabotslike that shown in Fig. 3, without such projection, may be made to servea useful purpose, because traps in common use can be made to grasp sucha tongueless I am aware of and hereby disclaim'novelty in the broadprinciple of secretion of a ful minate between two inclosinglaminae, thesame being common in explosive balls, 8:0.

The edge of flange E, instead of being circular, asrcpresented, may bescalloped, crenelated, or serrated.

The shell may be composed of clay or any other suitable frangiblematerial. g

The slightly converging inner flange, F, hugs the body B G with justsufficient friction to cling to it in the act of discharge or projectionfrom the trap, and until struck by the marksmans ball, or (in default ofbeing so hit) until the entire target or missile strikes the ground, inwhich event the sabot protects the body or target proper from injury,and hence permits it to be used over again.

I claim herein as new and of my invention- 1. A flying target sabotconsisting of an' set my hand. r

LOUIS FEY.

Attcst:

G-Eo. H. KNIGHT, SAML. S. CARPENTER.

